#andertons

[fuzzkaizer]

Andertons Raffall - Teenage Cancer Trust - Lego Tone Bender Pedal

cred: raffall.com/andertonsmusicco

[latelecaster]

Capt. Anderton:

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Andertons Raffall - Teenage Cancer Trust - Lego Tube Screamer Pedal

cred: raffall.com/andertonsmusicco

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Andertons Raffall - Teenage Cancer Trust - Lego Fuzz Face Pedal

cred: raffall.com/andertonsmusicco

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Andertons Raffall - Teenage Cancer Trust - Lego Blues Breaker Pedal

cred: raffall.com/andertonsmusicco

[synthtv]

1010Music Nanobox: Small Synths and Samplers, Big Sound?

1010Music Nanobox: Small Synths and Samplers, Big Sound?

[synthtv]

Pocket Operators: A Music Producer's Secret Weapon?!

Pocket Operators: A Music Producer's Secret Weapon?!

[bandchat]

I've held off for a bit talking about the JHS 424 Gain Stage, which takes the preamp section of a Tascam Portastudio 424 four-track recorder, and puts it in pedal form. But once I saw the above video, which is a promo for it by Andertons, I decided to make a few comments.

It's a riot that the pair use the words "unpleasant" and "awful" to describe the sounds it makes. They're sounds that I got in the 90s by plugging my guitar directly into my stereo's cassette deck. But because Andertons is trying to sell a product, they're working overtime to convince us that it's "cool." More power to JHS for being old school snake oil salesman: recognizing the talent of someone like Mk.gee and trying to bottle it in a pedal, then sell it to the masses. But there are only a few musicians that can take stereotypically unpleasant sounds and turn them into art (Sonic Youth and Jesus and Mary Chain come to mind).